Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1887-01-15
LETTER FROM TRINIDAD.
TRINIDAD, COL, Jan. 8, 1887

TRINIDAD, COL, Jan. ., 1851.
EDITOR INrELLI6ENCER: Trusting
that you will allow me space in the
columns of your paper for a few items
of interest, 1 hope, to both you and
your many readers, / will endeayor to
be as brief as possible, and not coll
sumo too much of your time. l am
living up in the mountains of Colorado
in full view of the Spanish peaks. My
home is IN Colorado Canyon. We
name and locate places by the different
canyons and divides. North of me is
Tingly canyon; east is Powell; west is
Cottonwood; southwest is Cappio, and
80 on All the country this side of the
Snowy Range is named and located in
the above way. We are having splendid
weather SO far this winter; have only
had four SHOWS and they only covered
the ground for three or four days at a
time. Grass is as good as l eve saw
it at this season of the year, and cattle
are looking well. l caught my horse
lEiS Hull lhS AHA 1OoO ~ oh III h4llo
four or five miles from home and max
ing a rough guess l must have seen
something over a hundred head OF cat
tie and they were all looking better
than a great many cattle that are fed
back east at this season OF the year. OF
course we find an old COW now and
then that is thin, but we blab their
calves and the COW will soon pick up
~, ~ a;n,tl- IN ,rn fhrnrnh tho ,uipfo.
without being fed. We are bothered
some by wild animals. There are two
or three mountain lions close by us
that catches a calf and a colt OCCASION
ally. Last night about shutdown l
" as sitting in the door and just across
the canyon about a hundred yards, two
coyotes came up and ran my dog right
up to the door and then sat there until
/ got my gun and shot at them. There
have been a good many deer killed up
here this tall, but the time for killing
them has expired, consequently they
will not be hunted any more tor a year.
i. have spent quite a lively Christmas,
all on a big rancho by myself. l have
: had two cats and one dog to keep COM
pany with during the evening, and
through the day | have amused myself
r riding bronchos, | have three to ride
and sometimes it is quite solemn wher
: and myself fiat of my back and my
i broncho nearly jerking the stirrups of
b of my saddle pitching and kicking.
l was invited to attend a party
: Christmas Eve, away up Near thu
y Spanish Peaks, and to pass the tim'
y off I accepted the invitation ant
e went, and when | got there | found tn
p house completely packed, and | a.
n entire stranger; but l was not lon!
making a few acquaintance. And, MI
g Editor,it was one of those O~ld-fsshiOne,
Virginia brake down" dances, com
p menced at sun down and danced unit
sun up. One poor old blind Mexical
II furnished the music, and it you eve
saw people enjoy themselves they di
k Oh this occasion. As [ am no dancer
z did not Indulge in that part of the pre-
g. gramme, but at twelve o'clock suppe
Of was announced, and as / entered u
T. dining room | was astonished to sc
such an elegant supper,as nicely and {
re artistically arranged as | eve saw bac
t. in older states, and was more aston
a ished when ! finished my supper
he find that | had eaten everything
ne arms length OF my plate, but my con
Is, rades on either side OF me had fOugl
K, as braveIy and held the fort just
e, long as | did.
ly We had a snow last Friday of sbol
ut four inches, but it is nearly sill gol
ld now except Oh northern exposures II
ny Snowy Range this evening at 81
ad down lay stretched out in plain vie,